Department of Adult Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Al Al-Bayt University, Mafraq, Jordan.
Department of Adult Health and Critical Care, College of Nursing, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.
Omega (Westport). 2022 Dec;86(2):382-394. doi: 10.1177/0030222820971077. Epub 2020 Oct 28.
The purpose of the current inquiry is to measure Jordanian student nurses' attitudes towards the care of dying patients using a cross-sectional survey. The sample of this study comprises 300 nursing students. Data was collected using the Frommelt's Attitude Toward Care of the Dying Form B (FATCOD-B). Most of the students were female (72%) in their second year (40.3%). The mean total score of all FATCD-B items was 95.8 out of 150 (SD 8.7). Student nurses had low mean scores for their attitude towards care of the dying. Two approaches could be taken to improve this situation. First, research is needed to fully understand and explain students' attitudes towards the care of dying patients. It might be more appropriate to utilize mixed research methods. The second is to integrate end-of-life care courses within the curricula of nursing programmes, currently the mainstay in improving students' knowledge and attitudes toward care of the dying.
本研究旨在通过横断面调查来衡量约旦护生对临终关怀的态度。本研究的样本由 300 名护理学生组成。采用弗洛梅尔特临终关怀态度量表 B 版（FATCOD-B）收集数据。大多数学生是女性（72%），处于第二年（40.3%）。所有 FATCD-B 项目的总分均为 150 分中的 95.8 分（标准差 8.7）。护生对临终关怀的态度平均得分较低。有两种方法可以改善这种情况。首先，需要进行研究以充分了解和解释学生对临终关怀患者的态度。采用混合研究方法可能更为合适。其次，应将临终关怀课程纳入护理课程中，这是目前提高学生对临终关怀知识和态度的主要方法。
